Occupational respiratory health: A survey of wiscons in workers who wear respirators

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 130-135

  Oguss, Madeline ^a   Rogers, Pamela ^a   Anderson, Henry ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 77956246578     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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